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Sat, Jan 29, 2022·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Los Angeles Kings 3, Philadelphia Flyers 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

PHI winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
LAK01111221700340
PHI1711411312436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 9:33PHIGerry MayhewAssists: Rasmus Ristolainen, Morgan Frost · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:24PHICam AtkinsonAssists: Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:15LAKViktor ArvidssonAssists: Sean Durzi, Phillip Danault · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P3 9:06PHICam AtkinsonSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.19 xG1–3
  5. P3 9:51LAKViktor ArvidssonPPAssists: Arthur Kaliyev, Sean Durzi · Wrist, 0.30 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:22LAKAnze KopitarUnassisted · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:22PHIScott LaughtonGWGAssists: Cam Atkinson, Ivan Provorov · Wrist, 0.77 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:54PHIGerry Mayhew: Interference2 min
  2. P1 19:56LAKMatt Roy: Interference2 min
  3. P2 3:19PHIScott Laughton: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 1:17LAKOlli Maatta: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 8:57PHIOskar Lindblom: Holding2 min · PPG

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
48% to win52% to win
← LAK attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Laughton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKPHI
40Shots on goal36
4.1Expected goals4.6
72Shot attempts48
28Faceoffs won25
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
17Hits23
5Blocked shots20
12Giveaways12
4Takeaways5

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestDanault – Arvidsson – Moore12:12

    xG 1.08–0.75 (59%)attempts 21–11goals 1–0

  2. Kopitar – Kempe – Iafallo11:28

    xG 0.39–0.44 (47%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Athanasiou – Byfield10:22

    xG 0.37–0.45 (45%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  4. Lemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev7:01

    xG 0.08–0.17 (31%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDurzi – Bjornfot7:46

    xG 0.59–0.28 (68%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Doughty – Durzi7:25

    xG 0.47–0.23 (67%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Roy – Bjornfot3:37

    xG 0.37–0.22 (63%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Atkinson – Lindblom10:40

    xG 0.37–0.20 (66%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. Bunnaman – MacEwen – Ratcliffe8:20

    xG 0.31–0.19 (62%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Willman – Mayhew – Frost9:07

    xG 0.35–0.30 (54%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Konecny12:34

    xG 0.84–1.14 (43%)attempts 12–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRistolainen – Sanheim17:35

    xG 1.02–0.72 (59%)attempts 15–20goals 1–0

  2. Braun – Provorov17:01

    xG 0.54–0.61 (47%)attempts 11–18goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – York10:12

    xG 0.11–0.70 (14%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

PHI 4.6 xGLAK 4.1 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHILAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

PHI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line PHI is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 86/100 · #205 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.14 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

PHI winsLAK wins

Simulated goal difference (PHI − LAK), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).